Released:
2008-12-10

Overview:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Director:
Stephen Daldry

Runtime:
2h 4min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Ralph Fiennes
  as
  Michael Berg
• 
  Kate Winslet
  as
  Hanna Schmitz
• 
  David Kross
  as
  Young Michael Berg
• 
  Lena Olin
  as
  Rose Mather
• 
  Bruno Ganz
  as
  Professor Rohl